"Upset" & other nomenological phenomena

[Fred Shapiro]

Notorious bearers of a name may "ruin" the name partially or totally.  How
many people get the name Adolf nowadays?  Among Kings of England, certain
names such as Henry, Richard, John, and Charles were ruined at least for a
certain number of centuries by having a notorious bearer.

Fred Shapiro


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